The Black Knight
featuring The Fishermen
Copenhagen, Denmark - August 1st 1988
(HHOCD001)
Hello there good people! Alex here with a newsflash! HouseHold Objects
first cd release entitled “The Black Knight featuring The Fishermen”
will go online at the end of next week! We only have a few minor tasks
to run before we can launch this CD to the world.
This CD contains a previously unreleased mixer board recording of the
Floyd performing as “The Fishermen” at a night club in Copenhagen on the
early morning of August 1st 1988 (The Floyd played at Gentofte Stadium
in Copenhagen on the evening of July 31). The performing artists for the
night include David Gilmour (who speaks), Rick Wright (having some
difficulties with his Keyboard), Jon Carin, Guy Pratt, Gary Wallis,
Scott Page, Durga McBroom and an unidentified second singer. We are not
sure if it's Margret Taylor or Rachel Fury. The band performs several
R’N’B covers such as “Respect”, “Can’t Get Enough of Your Love” and
“Superstition”. The quality of the tape is generally in very good
condition, with a fair amount of tape hiss, which we decided not to
remove.
Heres a bit of the story:
On the morning of August 1st 1988, several members of the touring Pink
Floyd was invited to a small party at Annabels Night Club (Lille
Kongensgade 16 at Kongens Nytorv, Copenhagen.). This party was arranged
by the Danish branch of EMI, most likely as a Birthday party for the
Floyds personal security manager Barrie Knight. The low-key “Fishermen”
gig was most likely not a planned event. Like so many times before “The
Fishermen” seem to have taken to the stage using the in-house equipment,
in a spur of the moment. The reason I guess this is because the person
at the mixer board spend the first 20 minutes of the show struggling to
get the different levels up. Guitars, vocals and piano (specifically) go
up and down to a point where the otherwise, silent, David Gilmour, barks
at the person at the mixer board.
The set for the evening consist of the “usual” Fishermen set of old
Rhythm and Blues and motown classics, including Aretha Franklins
“Respect” and “Rock Steady” and the unique rendition of Sugarhill Gangs
“Rappers Delight” (First and only time you will hear the Pink Floyd play
rap music).
The tape was bought on Ebay two months ago from a seller claiming to
have gotten the tape from people working for the Danish branch of EMI.
The tape also looks to be the original recording. However we believe it
to be a 1st or 2nd gen recording.
Tracks:
1.Respect
2. Can't Get Enough
3. Blues
4. My Girl
5. Rock Steady - Rapper's Delight - Le Freak - Rock Steady
6. Master Blaster
7. SUperstition
Lineage:
1st or 2nd gen cassette tape > Sony TC-K707ES 3 head cassette deck >
Audigy 2 Platinum sound card > Cool Edit Pro.
Audio was normalized and no other enhancements were done.